The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-23


Woman Gives Birth to Triplets.
GEORGIA.
Fox hunting is good at Madison.
Rice beer can't be sold in Atlanta
Adjourned term of Thomas Superior Court
meets next Monday.
Judge HanseI has been holding court in
Lowndes the past week.
The Atlanta Aldermen refuse to permit ice
cream cakes TO be sold on the streets.
Strawberries, garden sass" green apples
and collie keep the Madisonians in clover
Glasscock county, in this State, has
neither Jones or a Smith in it. Wonderful
JEFF Lane, of Macon, asks for bids on
grading railroad from that city to Val
doSta.
a first-class restaurant or a hotel con-
Quoted on the European plan is being talked
of for Townsville.
Several melon growers near Quitman
have plowed up their melons and planted
corn instead. The melons are dying.
The colored Methodists of Voldosta are
raising funds to build church in the viii
lage and already have a respectable sum
subscribed.
Valuable pointer dogs are being poisoned
at Albany, and the dog owners are banding
together TO discover the perpetrator and
R0AAASA AA4A
Joe Dawson, who died at Woodville last
week, was insured in the Legion of Honor
for 5000, which his family will get in a
short time.
c. II. Thompson, of Townsville, who was
bitten by mad dog some three weeks ago,
is suffering intensely from the worst form
of hydrophobia.
The city authorities of Madison have in
creased the police force for Saturdays and
Saturday nights This is a wise move and
will meet the hearty approval of all, espe-
pecially the ladies.
Mr.. Albert Converse, Jr, and Miss EN-
ma Clarke, of Valdosta, We're united in mar
riage there Wednesday, Rev. George 2.
Clark officiating.
Thomas county was named after Gen.
Jet Thomas. 1t is fair to presume that the
county seat, Townsville, took its name in
like manner The county was laid out
and its capital city located and named in
1926
John Boatwright, a white man and a
track hand on the railroad in j. H. Leary's
section, near Crawford, while at work Fri
day, lost his balance and fell agross the track.
The car passed over him, breaking his leg
above the ankle
Comptroller General Wright has in his
office magnificent sword which his father
Gen. A. r. Wright, captured from an officer
of the Twenty-third Indiana, in 1861, when
he was in command of the Third Georgia
regiment, and which he wore during the
remainder of the day.
A few days ago Mrs. English, wife of ex-
Sheriff Tom English, of Colquitt county,
gave birth to triplets, all of which are
living. She bore triplets some five years
ago, one of whom died At these and two
Intervening births she has borne eight chill
dren, seven of which are living.
Madison Madisonion: The revival at the
Methodist church still continues Surely
the good men who are working so faithfully
for the welfare OF others will yet be re-
warded. II speaks well for the morality
and intelligence of our people at least, that
they are attending church better of late.
One gentleman in Thomas county has,
since the mad dog excitement was raised,
killed seventeen worthless dogs, and he is
still engaged in the good work. The life of
a good citizen is worth all the dogs in the
United States. Now is a good time to thin
'em out. Let the good work go on.
"A curious statement comes from the peni-
tertiary Office in regard to the treatment Of
convicts. The statement is that during the
last twelve months hardly any of the dis
charged convicts whose terms expired have
gone to their homes, but remain at the
camps in the employment of the lessee au-
thorlties. This is vouched for by Mr.. Z. T.
Shubrick, the assistant keeper.
Zebulon, the shire town of Pike county
illustrates the folly of kicking against rail
roads. Fifty years ago it was the most
hourishing inland town in the State. could
boast of fine schools, greater wealth and
more intelligent citizenship than any of her
neighbors, but kicked against the Macon rail
road coming through her corporate limits
and now can only boast what she was in the
long ago.
During the series of meetings recently
closed in the Baptist church at Waycross
twenty-four We're added to the church. Owing
tothe inconvenience attending the baptism of
converts and the distance which they are re-
quired to go in order to find sufiiciency of
water, the church has decided to erect a
baptistry. A subscription has been raised
and the matter is in the hands of a commit
tee appointed by the church.
The citizens of Worth county who voted
not long since on removal of the court house
ascertained that two-thirds of the county
were in favor of removal, but as there were
three places in the race-Stockade, Sumner
and Isabella-neither of which got the re-
quisite two-thirds majority. The voters
are now petitioning the Ordinary to allow
them another election ON the location, which
ifgranted, it is supposed that Sumner will
be the county site.
Waycross District Conference of the
Methodist church convenes in Yaldosta this
week, Ilefe VIII De preaching In the
church on Wednesday evening at $50 p. IN.
Thursday at IL a. m. the opening sermon by
Rev. j. d. Anthony. Friday will be de-
voted to the interest of missions chiefly
Friday evening, $50 p. m, will be devoted
to the interest Of the Woman's Missionary
Society. Several distinguished ladies, Off
GERS of the society, will be present. Mrs
Walker, of Savannah, Mrs. Miller, of Way
cross, and Mrs. McLain, of Americas, who
was for time a missionary i'll China, will
be present and take a prominent part in the
exercises.
A notorious character by the name Of
Haines, who formerly lived in Irwin county
and who run away and went to Texas for
making swamp pens, in which he sheered
other peoples sheep, appropriating the pro-
ceeds 10 his own Use, returned not long since
armed with a Winchester rifle and two So
calihre Smith d Wesson repeaters and bids
defiance to the authorities. Since his return
he has been engaged in shooting down sheep
in the woods and shearing off their coats
and leaving their carcasses 10 be eaten by
the buzzards, A sheriff in Texas writes
that Haines is Yanted there for stealing
money and other articles.
The quiet little town of Quitman was con-
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